Garner survives late rally to win tournament News & Observer Garner (10-1), in its 17th Invitational, proved best in its first Invitational final since 1998, when the Trojans were felled by Tampa (Fl.) Prep in a four-team draw. Like the trophy, Gray took his turn being hoisted by his players. ... |
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Garner survives late rally to win tournament - News & Observer
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Johns Hopkins Bayview taps new president - Baltimore Business Journal:
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Bennett will succeed Gregory F. Schaffer, who will retire aftere serving 10 years inthat role. In his new Bennett will spearheadthe center’s expansion. Last month, the medica center said that a Baltimore businessman donated land valuefat $3.1 million that the hospital will use to expands its campus. Bennett is currently the executivw vice president and COO at JohnsHopkinsw Bayview, a position he has held since 2006. Bennettf was also executive medical director of the Johns Hopkinsz Geriatric Center from 1997to 2003. Prior to his role as executiver vice presidentand COO, Bennett was vice president of medical affairs at Johns Hopkins Bayview.
Founded in the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Centetr is one of five memberr institutions inthe . The medicao center includes a traumaa center, a neonatal intensive care unit, a geriatricws center and burntrauma facility. The medicapl campus also houses the andthe .
Bennett will succeed Gregory F. Schaffer, who will retire aftere serving 10 years inthat role. In his new Bennett will spearheadthe center’s expansion. Last month, the medica center said that a Baltimore businessman donated land valuefat $3.1 million that the hospital will use to expands its campus. Bennett is currently the executivw vice president and COO at JohnsHopkinsw Bayview, a position he has held since 2006. Bennettf was also executive medical director of the Johns Hopkinsz Geriatric Center from 1997to 2003. Prior to his role as executiver vice presidentand COO, Bennett was vice president of medical affairs at Johns Hopkins Bayview.
Founded in the Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Centetr is one of five memberr institutions inthe . The medicao center includes a traumaa center, a neonatal intensive care unit, a geriatricws center and burntrauma facility. The medicapl campus also houses the andthe .
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Pablo Picasso paintings coming to Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University - Triangle Business Journal:
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“Picasso and the Allure of Language” features 60 worka created by the legendary artist between 1900 and four years before his deatn at the ageof 91. The displayy is intended to portray how literature and writininfluenced Picasso’s art. “‘Picasso and the Allure of focuseson Picasso’s deep and interdisciplinary interest in writing and and reveals new insights about this well-studied artist,” said museum director Kimerly “We can learn a lot from the intellectual and artistic exchanges between Picasso and some of the greatestg thinkers of his day.” Some of the workas that will go on displayy between Aug. 20 and Jan.
3, 2010, were created for Gertrude Stein, the expatriate American writefr who served as his patron in Parisuntil 1914. The exhibition was created by theArt Gallery, and the art work comess from collections at the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University’z Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Raymond and Patsyu Nasher Collection in Dallas, Texas. For more information, go onlinee to .
“Picasso and the Allure of Language” features 60 worka created by the legendary artist between 1900 and four years before his deatn at the ageof 91. The displayy is intended to portray how literature and writininfluenced Picasso’s art. “‘Picasso and the Allure of focuseson Picasso’s deep and interdisciplinary interest in writing and and reveals new insights about this well-studied artist,” said museum director Kimerly “We can learn a lot from the intellectual and artistic exchanges between Picasso and some of the greatestg thinkers of his day.” Some of the workas that will go on displayy between Aug. 20 and Jan.
3, 2010, were created for Gertrude Stein, the expatriate American writefr who served as his patron in Parisuntil 1914. The exhibition was created by theArt Gallery, and the art work comess from collections at the Yale University Art Gallery, Yale University’z Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library and the Raymond and Patsyu Nasher Collection in Dallas, Texas. For more information, go onlinee to .
Sunday, December 25, 2011
Newmark Homes Houston buying local TOUSA assets - Nashville Business Journal:
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TOUSA plans to complete and sell all homes currentlygunder construction. Moody said the new company will be privately locally ownedand financed. “Our managemenrt team has over 70 combined experience,” he said. The new company plans to buildx 60 homes ranging in pricefrom $160,000 to more than $600,00o in the first 60 days of operation, whichh will officially begin June 15. Moodt said 55 employees of TOUSAz will remain with the new company after TOUSA windds down its localbusiness operations. TOUSA’ predecessor company was founded in Houston in 1983 as and completed an initial public offering inMarch 1998. In December TOUSA Inc.
acquired 80 percent of Newmark’as stock. TOUSA Inc. also acquirecd 100 percent of then-public in November 2000. On June 25, Engle merged with Newmark, and the mergex company changed its name toTOUSA Inc. In Hollywood, Fla.-based TOUSA (Pink Sheets: told the it planned to lay off 156 peoplee in the Houston area from its Newmark Home brand beginning May 22 due to the downturn in thehousingf market.
TOUSA plans to complete and sell all homes currentlygunder construction. Moody said the new company will be privately locally ownedand financed. “Our managemenrt team has over 70 combined experience,” he said. The new company plans to buildx 60 homes ranging in pricefrom $160,000 to more than $600,00o in the first 60 days of operation, whichh will officially begin June 15. Moodt said 55 employees of TOUSAz will remain with the new company after TOUSA windds down its localbusiness operations. TOUSA’ predecessor company was founded in Houston in 1983 as and completed an initial public offering inMarch 1998. In December TOUSA Inc.
acquired 80 percent of Newmark’as stock. TOUSA Inc. also acquirecd 100 percent of then-public in November 2000. On June 25, Engle merged with Newmark, and the mergex company changed its name toTOUSA Inc. In Hollywood, Fla.-based TOUSA (Pink Sheets: told the it planned to lay off 156 peoplee in the Houston area from its Newmark Home brand beginning May 22 due to the downturn in thehousingf market.
Friday, December 23, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Degrees of green: Triad
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The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed by President Baraco Obama in Februaryallocated $34 billiomn for energy efficiency and buildin g modernization, and another $7.9 billion for the developmen t of renewable energy. While Triasd officials were starting to see growingv interest in all thingsgreen — from construction to solar panelp installation — the stimulus bill has created extra demand in such jobs and related training. As such, loca l community colleges are developing new program s and expandingexisting ones.
“We are not servinyg our students well ifwe aren’t preparing them for the job says Shanna Chastain, division chair of industrial construction and engineering technologies at College officials say they are adding tingea of green to as many parts of the curricula as is For example, students in auto mechanics programs are learnintg how to work on hybrid cars, and students in construction programs are learning aboutg LEED construction and being encouraged to get certified. Williamm M.
Marion, the program coordinator for architecturalk technology at Forsyth TechnicalCommunity College, says his program needed to go green to keep up with the as a growing number of architecture interior design companies and generap contractors are requiring it. “It is increasingly expected of peoplse to have some basic knowledge of what sustainabled thinking is all he says. Schools are also boostiny their HVAC and electricak programs to better prepare students for the increased demanr for building weatherization and energy auditws that is coming about because of stimulus funding forenergyt efficiency.
“We really need to get our students traineed in this area because that may very well be the work that is out therfor them,” Chastain says. In addition to addinvg a green component to theiexisting curricula, both Alamancs Community College and Guilford Technical Community College are plannin g new programs with an emphasi on renewable energy. In the fall, GTCC will launch a certificatd programin photovoltaic, or solar panel, installation and Chastain admits she isn’t sure what the demand for thes e workers is yet, but expects the demand to grow as more home ownerw and businesses explore the option.
“The demand may not be there yet, but I can’t imagine that it won’r be there in a year or Chastain says. On the eastern edge of the Alamance Community College is considering two programs that wouled prepare students for careers insustainable energy. The firs t program would be an associate’s degre in sustainable energy, with the expectation that students would transfeer toa four-year school for further traininbg in how to develop and refine the technologu involved in things like wind turbines and sola energy. Appalachian State University and N.C.
Statse University both have sustainable energy Alamance Community College officials are talkin g with their peers at both schools to make sure the curriculwa would meet their requirements and to get articulationj agreementsin place, says Barry the executive vice president at Alamance Community College. The seconed program would be muchshortef — likely either three months or six monthzs — and would train technicians to build and maintain solar cells and wind turbines.
As part of that the school will take an area of flat land about the size of a footballl field and install some solar panels and wind turbinessfor hands-on training, Weinberg He does not know yet how much the equipmen t will cost, but is hoping to get corporate donationds of either the equipment itselc or cash to help defray the expense. “It will also be a symbolk to the community that the college is very interested in this Weinberg says. The courses for both programs areunder development, but because they wouled need to be approved by the state community collegre system it will likelyt be next spring before the first students can Weinberg says.
Weinberg, who came to Alamance Communit College about six months ago from upstatdeNew York, sees it as a good fit for the with its vacant factories and high unemploymentf rate. “Here in Alamance County we would be perfect for this kind of he says. “We lost these jobs when the textilefactories left, and we have these empty factories that could be turned toward the manufacturing of products for sustainable
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act signed by President Baraco Obama in Februaryallocated $34 billiomn for energy efficiency and buildin g modernization, and another $7.9 billion for the developmen t of renewable energy. While Triasd officials were starting to see growingv interest in all thingsgreen — from construction to solar panelp installation — the stimulus bill has created extra demand in such jobs and related training. As such, loca l community colleges are developing new program s and expandingexisting ones.
“We are not servinyg our students well ifwe aren’t preparing them for the job says Shanna Chastain, division chair of industrial construction and engineering technologies at College officials say they are adding tingea of green to as many parts of the curricula as is For example, students in auto mechanics programs are learnintg how to work on hybrid cars, and students in construction programs are learning aboutg LEED construction and being encouraged to get certified. Williamm M.
Marion, the program coordinator for architecturalk technology at Forsyth TechnicalCommunity College, says his program needed to go green to keep up with the as a growing number of architecture interior design companies and generap contractors are requiring it. “It is increasingly expected of peoplse to have some basic knowledge of what sustainabled thinking is all he says. Schools are also boostiny their HVAC and electricak programs to better prepare students for the increased demanr for building weatherization and energy auditws that is coming about because of stimulus funding forenergyt efficiency.
“We really need to get our students traineed in this area because that may very well be the work that is out therfor them,” Chastain says. In addition to addinvg a green component to theiexisting curricula, both Alamancs Community College and Guilford Technical Community College are plannin g new programs with an emphasi on renewable energy. In the fall, GTCC will launch a certificatd programin photovoltaic, or solar panel, installation and Chastain admits she isn’t sure what the demand for thes e workers is yet, but expects the demand to grow as more home ownerw and businesses explore the option.
“The demand may not be there yet, but I can’t imagine that it won’r be there in a year or Chastain says. On the eastern edge of the Alamance Community College is considering two programs that wouled prepare students for careers insustainable energy. The firs t program would be an associate’s degre in sustainable energy, with the expectation that students would transfeer toa four-year school for further traininbg in how to develop and refine the technologu involved in things like wind turbines and sola energy. Appalachian State University and N.C.
Statse University both have sustainable energy Alamance Community College officials are talkin g with their peers at both schools to make sure the curriculwa would meet their requirements and to get articulationj agreementsin place, says Barry the executive vice president at Alamance Community College. The seconed program would be muchshortef — likely either three months or six monthzs — and would train technicians to build and maintain solar cells and wind turbines.
As part of that the school will take an area of flat land about the size of a footballl field and install some solar panels and wind turbinessfor hands-on training, Weinberg He does not know yet how much the equipmen t will cost, but is hoping to get corporate donationds of either the equipment itselc or cash to help defray the expense. “It will also be a symbolk to the community that the college is very interested in this Weinberg says. The courses for both programs areunder development, but because they wouled need to be approved by the state community collegre system it will likelyt be next spring before the first students can Weinberg says.
Weinberg, who came to Alamance Communit College about six months ago from upstatdeNew York, sees it as a good fit for the with its vacant factories and high unemploymentf rate. “Here in Alamance County we would be perfect for this kind of he says. “We lost these jobs when the textilefactories left, and we have these empty factories that could be turned toward the manufacturing of products for sustainable
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Phoenix One data center patents technology - San Francisco Business Times:
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The company has two patents pendinbg for technology installed in the and it already has customers at what once was theLe Nature’se water-bottling operation off Loop 202 and 48th Wanger, i/o’s president, said more companies are seeking colocation serviceas as they look to house serversw and backup data at off-site facilities to save capitalp costs. Companies can rent rack spacw in a colocation facility to housw servers that need to be connected to multiplebandwidthu providers. This is particularly importantt to businesses that want to ensure their Web sites are up andrunninf 24/7. “Everybody is saving everything,” Wanget said.
“You send a picturre to your grandmother through and the image is here and hereand here.” I/o’sw new center comes at a good time for the which in the past year has seen a boom in colocatioj centers as businesses scrap plans for their own privatew centers, said David Cappuccio, chief of research of infrastructurr for Gartner Inc. “Ibn the last year, when the economy started to tank, (companies) started to ask if they shoulde be spending all the capita moneyup front,” he said. I/o completedd the work on Phoenix One in about six employing an army of many of whom are still workiny on thesecond phase.
The first phas e is finished, but upgrades will continue untilk there isroughly 460,000 squarse feet dedicated to servers. Wanger said they’re about they’ved already completed about half of The process for developing Phoenix One started witha $56 millio investment by Sterling Partners in December whichg helped i/o acquire the building on a 50-year I/o moved its operation from Scottsdale, where it stillk has a 120,000-square-foot data to the Phoenix office. Many of the technologies firsr implementedat i/o’s Scottsdale center are expanded in the new Additions include the ThermoCabinet, a server enclosure that makes use of cool air circulatin under the raised floor.
It allows the air to be drawnm up through theclosed cabinet, enabling more serverx to be stored within. The device allowe the cabinets to store as much as 10 times the equipmen t that would be used in traditional datacented operations, Wanger said. “We’re seeing people pack 5,0000 square feet of data center intotwo cabinets,” he said. The compan y also developed a plug systek that works with equipment fromany It’s an easier way to distributre power and infrastructure than installing specialized equipment, Wanger said. “This is all he said. “People said they wanted access to multiplw brandsof equipment.
” The data center will take advantage of features originally installed in the Le Nature’as factory, including access to an on-site Arizona Public Servicer Co. substation suppling the facility with 42 megavolts of The company plans to triple that once the facilityis complete. It also uses a 7,000-ton chilledf water cooling system thathelpxs i/o reduce its power bill through thermap cooling. The process uses a water-gel combination that is frozenn at night to keep the water cooler duringthe day, Wanger said.
In addition, the company is planninv a 4-megawatt solar systenm for the building’s roof, installed light-emittinv diodes for more efficient lighting, and power-saving equipment and design. The retrofit also will be submittedr for certification as part ofthe U.S. Green Buildinh Council’s Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesighn program, Wanger said. Phoenix once was a boomtowmn fordata centers, but the tech bubbld crashed many of thos e plans in the early part of the In recent years, the Valley has again seen increasedr activity in becoming a data hub.
Cappuccio said Phoenizx has the same things going for it that it did 10years ago: a relatively stable cost of electricity and no naturaol disasters. As colocation continues to push the size of commercial data centersup — even as company-owned data centers are getting smallerr — more companies may look at Phoenix, Cappuccio said. “The colocators are going to continue tolook there,” he “They are going to go where they can get the lowest cost of a buildiny per square foot.
” Mark Bauer, senioe vice president for CB Richard Ellis’ Technology Practice Grou in Phoenix, said the move by i/o into the formetr factory provided a use for the buildinf that didn’t have many other options. “At the time, there wasn’t very many uses that could be done with a buildingt ofthat size, said Bauer, who helped broker the deal on behalf of i/o. Commercial data centers have become increasingly common onthe Valley’zs landscape. More companies are seeing the advantages of storing their data withother companies, Baued said. “Phoenix is always in the top five of a list of wherr people are looking to puttheir data,” he said.
It also puts i/o in a positiobn to take advantage of a growing Bauer said. “They spent money when no one else did, and they’rd delivering product to he said.
The company has two patents pendinbg for technology installed in the and it already has customers at what once was theLe Nature’se water-bottling operation off Loop 202 and 48th Wanger, i/o’s president, said more companies are seeking colocation serviceas as they look to house serversw and backup data at off-site facilities to save capitalp costs. Companies can rent rack spacw in a colocation facility to housw servers that need to be connected to multiplebandwidthu providers. This is particularly importantt to businesses that want to ensure their Web sites are up andrunninf 24/7. “Everybody is saving everything,” Wanget said.
“You send a picturre to your grandmother through and the image is here and hereand here.” I/o’sw new center comes at a good time for the which in the past year has seen a boom in colocatioj centers as businesses scrap plans for their own privatew centers, said David Cappuccio, chief of research of infrastructurr for Gartner Inc. “Ibn the last year, when the economy started to tank, (companies) started to ask if they shoulde be spending all the capita moneyup front,” he said. I/o completedd the work on Phoenix One in about six employing an army of many of whom are still workiny on thesecond phase.
The first phas e is finished, but upgrades will continue untilk there isroughly 460,000 squarse feet dedicated to servers. Wanger said they’re about they’ved already completed about half of The process for developing Phoenix One started witha $56 millio investment by Sterling Partners in December whichg helped i/o acquire the building on a 50-year I/o moved its operation from Scottsdale, where it stillk has a 120,000-square-foot data to the Phoenix office. Many of the technologies firsr implementedat i/o’s Scottsdale center are expanded in the new Additions include the ThermoCabinet, a server enclosure that makes use of cool air circulatin under the raised floor.
It allows the air to be drawnm up through theclosed cabinet, enabling more serverx to be stored within. The device allowe the cabinets to store as much as 10 times the equipmen t that would be used in traditional datacented operations, Wanger said. “We’re seeing people pack 5,0000 square feet of data center intotwo cabinets,” he said. The compan y also developed a plug systek that works with equipment fromany It’s an easier way to distributre power and infrastructure than installing specialized equipment, Wanger said. “This is all he said. “People said they wanted access to multiplw brandsof equipment.
” The data center will take advantage of features originally installed in the Le Nature’as factory, including access to an on-site Arizona Public Servicer Co. substation suppling the facility with 42 megavolts of The company plans to triple that once the facilityis complete. It also uses a 7,000-ton chilledf water cooling system thathelpxs i/o reduce its power bill through thermap cooling. The process uses a water-gel combination that is frozenn at night to keep the water cooler duringthe day, Wanger said.
In addition, the company is planninv a 4-megawatt solar systenm for the building’s roof, installed light-emittinv diodes for more efficient lighting, and power-saving equipment and design. The retrofit also will be submittedr for certification as part ofthe U.S. Green Buildinh Council’s Leadership in Energy and EnvironmentalDesighn program, Wanger said. Phoenix once was a boomtowmn fordata centers, but the tech bubbld crashed many of thos e plans in the early part of the In recent years, the Valley has again seen increasedr activity in becoming a data hub.
Cappuccio said Phoenizx has the same things going for it that it did 10years ago: a relatively stable cost of electricity and no naturaol disasters. As colocation continues to push the size of commercial data centersup — even as company-owned data centers are getting smallerr — more companies may look at Phoenix, Cappuccio said. “The colocators are going to continue tolook there,” he “They are going to go where they can get the lowest cost of a buildiny per square foot.
” Mark Bauer, senioe vice president for CB Richard Ellis’ Technology Practice Grou in Phoenix, said the move by i/o into the formetr factory provided a use for the buildinf that didn’t have many other options. “At the time, there wasn’t very many uses that could be done with a buildingt ofthat size, said Bauer, who helped broker the deal on behalf of i/o. Commercial data centers have become increasingly common onthe Valley’zs landscape. More companies are seeing the advantages of storing their data withother companies, Baued said. “Phoenix is always in the top five of a list of wherr people are looking to puttheir data,” he said.
It also puts i/o in a positiobn to take advantage of a growing Bauer said. “They spent money when no one else did, and they’rd delivering product to he said.
Friday, December 16, 2011
'Strikeforce: Melendez vs. Masvidal' weigh-in results: Title fights are official - MMAjunkie.com
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Wednesday, December 14, 2011
DirecTV CEO leaving as Liberty merger nears - Denver Business Journal:
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just as the satellite broadcaster readiee to merge with an offshoot ofJohn Malone’d News Corp. and DirecTV confirmed Wednesdagy that Carey will leave theEl Segundo, Calif.-basedx satellite broadcaster July 1 to becomre second-in-command — handling international operations — for Ruperty Murdoch’s global media empire. Carey’s defectiob may muddy investors’ reception of the plannee merger between DirecTV and Liberty a division ofDouglas County-based Liberty Carey ran DirecTV for the past six leading it through a perio d of growth and winning partnerships with every major telecon company in the U.S.
He was expected to stay with DirecT after it became independent ofLibertyt Media. Instead, he returns to working for Murdocu andNews Corp., where he worked for 15 yearsa prior to heading DirecTV. Liberty Entertainment (NASDAQ: LMDIA) holdds a 54 percent stake in (NASDAQ: DTV) as well as controllinh stakes in online gaming companyFun Technologies, the Game Show Network and regionalo sports TV networks in Denver, Pittsburggh and Seattle. Those holdings are being spun off this year intoa free-standin company to clear up DirecTV’s stock structurw and make it easier for it to engags in mergers and acquisitions, the companies said.
Malone’s company traded its 16 percent ownershilp stake inNews Corp. back to Murdoch’x company in 2007 in exchange for the controlling stakerin DirecTV.
just as the satellite broadcaster readiee to merge with an offshoot ofJohn Malone’d News Corp. and DirecTV confirmed Wednesdagy that Carey will leave theEl Segundo, Calif.-basedx satellite broadcaster July 1 to becomre second-in-command — handling international operations — for Ruperty Murdoch’s global media empire. Carey’s defectiob may muddy investors’ reception of the plannee merger between DirecTV and Liberty a division ofDouglas County-based Liberty Carey ran DirecTV for the past six leading it through a perio d of growth and winning partnerships with every major telecon company in the U.S.
He was expected to stay with DirecT after it became independent ofLibertyt Media. Instead, he returns to working for Murdocu andNews Corp., where he worked for 15 yearsa prior to heading DirecTV. Liberty Entertainment (NASDAQ: LMDIA) holdds a 54 percent stake in (NASDAQ: DTV) as well as controllinh stakes in online gaming companyFun Technologies, the Game Show Network and regionalo sports TV networks in Denver, Pittsburggh and Seattle. Those holdings are being spun off this year intoa free-standin company to clear up DirecTV’s stock structurw and make it easier for it to engags in mergers and acquisitions, the companies said.
Malone’s company traded its 16 percent ownershilp stake inNews Corp. back to Murdoch’x company in 2007 in exchange for the controlling stakerin DirecTV.
Monday, December 12, 2011
Children's in cystic fibrosis trial test - Dayton Business Journal:
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The Cystic Fibrosis Centert at the hospital is the first site to beginm recruiting patients forthe 48-week international clinical triakl to test the VX-770 drug developed by Vertec Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cambridge, Mass. Cystic fibrosisa is a genetic disease that affectsapproximatelty 30,000 people in the U.S. and 70,000 people Mutations of the cystic fibrosia genecauses life-threatening lung The Buffalo site of the trial, called STRIVE, will enrolk people 12 and old who carry a mutatiobn known as G551D in the CF gene. Ultimately, 80 sited will be involved in the trial. The local studyg will be overseenby Dr.
Drucgy Borowitz, director of the CF center and chieft of the pediatric pulmonology division at the She is also professor of pediatrics in the Schook of Medicine andBiomedicalp Sciences. Vertex will conduct three differen clinical trials as part of the registratiohn program for the drug involving approximately110 sites. The currentf study is a phase three trial, the fina step before a successfuol drug may be submitted to the forpotential Additionally, another 48-week phase three tria is recruiting children between 6 and 12; and a 16-weekl trial will be conducted for the firs time in patients with another common mutatioh of the gene, F508del.
Borowitz’s center will also participatw inthat study, expected to begin in the thirs quarter of 2009. According to the Boston Business a sister publication ofBusiness First, VX-77o0 was discovered as part of a collaboratiobn with , the nonprofit drug discovery and developmenty affiliate of the Cystic Fibrosis The Foundation has invested more than $320 million in drug research in the biotechh industry since 1998.
Vertex retains worldwids rights to develop and commercialize the if it gainsregulatory
The Cystic Fibrosis Centert at the hospital is the first site to beginm recruiting patients forthe 48-week international clinical triakl to test the VX-770 drug developed by Vertec Pharmaceuticals Inc. of Cambridge, Mass. Cystic fibrosisa is a genetic disease that affectsapproximatelty 30,000 people in the U.S. and 70,000 people Mutations of the cystic fibrosia genecauses life-threatening lung The Buffalo site of the trial, called STRIVE, will enrolk people 12 and old who carry a mutatiobn known as G551D in the CF gene. Ultimately, 80 sited will be involved in the trial. The local studyg will be overseenby Dr.
Drucgy Borowitz, director of the CF center and chieft of the pediatric pulmonology division at the She is also professor of pediatrics in the Schook of Medicine andBiomedicalp Sciences. Vertex will conduct three differen clinical trials as part of the registratiohn program for the drug involving approximately110 sites. The currentf study is a phase three trial, the fina step before a successfuol drug may be submitted to the forpotential Additionally, another 48-week phase three tria is recruiting children between 6 and 12; and a 16-weekl trial will be conducted for the firs time in patients with another common mutatioh of the gene, F508del.
Borowitz’s center will also participatw inthat study, expected to begin in the thirs quarter of 2009. According to the Boston Business a sister publication ofBusiness First, VX-77o0 was discovered as part of a collaboratiobn with , the nonprofit drug discovery and developmenty affiliate of the Cystic Fibrosis The Foundation has invested more than $320 million in drug research in the biotechh industry since 1998.
Vertex retains worldwids rights to develop and commercialize the if it gainsregulatory
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Wells Fargo Insurance Services nabs Las Vegas brokerage in buying spree - Sacramento Business Journal:
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The brokerage network, part of (NYSE: WFC) said the deal close June 1. Terms were not According to has been in businesdsince 1999, when it was founded by John and focuses exclusively on health and benefits with customers in the construction, health-care, auto salees and home development Grady is now managing directod of employee benefits. Wells Fargo Insurancwe Services isthe world’s fifth-largest insurance brokerage and the nation’s largest bank-owned brokerage, according to Business Insurance magazine’s 2008 with more than 200 offices in 37 The brokerage network has been on a buying spred recently.
It bought Novato’s and in early April, and about a month before that acquired Walnut Creek-based , an employee benefits consulting firm that also has officesz in Houston and Seattle, among other deals in recent
The brokerage network, part of (NYSE: WFC) said the deal close June 1. Terms were not According to has been in businesdsince 1999, when it was founded by John and focuses exclusively on health and benefits with customers in the construction, health-care, auto salees and home development Grady is now managing directod of employee benefits. Wells Fargo Insurancwe Services isthe world’s fifth-largest insurance brokerage and the nation’s largest bank-owned brokerage, according to Business Insurance magazine’s 2008 with more than 200 offices in 37 The brokerage network has been on a buying spred recently.
It bought Novato’s and in early April, and about a month before that acquired Walnut Creek-based , an employee benefits consulting firm that also has officesz in Houston and Seattle, among other deals in recent
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Mortgage applications fall, rates rise - Atlanta Business Chronicle:
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The industry group said the index for new and refinancec loans for the week ended May 29fell 16.2 The results include an adjustment to accouny for Memorial Day. On an unadjusted basis, the index decreasede 32.5 percent compared to the previouas week andincreased 14.4 percent compareed to the same week a year ago. The refinance share of mortgage activity decreasedeto 62.4 percent of total applications from 69.3 percent the previousz week. The adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activituy increased to 3 percentfrom 2.6 percent of totalp applications the previous The average interest rate for 30-yeadr fixed-rate mortgages increased to 5.25 percent from 4.
81 percent, with pointsd decreasing to 1.02 from 1.28. The 44-basis-poinr increase in the 30-year rate was the largest sincea 48-basis-poinyt increase in October 2008. The average interest rate for 15-yeat fixed-rate mortgages increased to 4.8 percent from 4.44 percent, with pointes decreasing to 1.1 from The average interest ratefor one-yeatr ARMs increased to 6.61 percent from 6.55 percent, with points increasing to 0.15 from 0.12 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value loans.
The industry group said the index for new and refinancec loans for the week ended May 29fell 16.2 The results include an adjustment to accouny for Memorial Day. On an unadjusted basis, the index decreasede 32.5 percent compared to the previouas week andincreased 14.4 percent compareed to the same week a year ago. The refinance share of mortgage activity decreasedeto 62.4 percent of total applications from 69.3 percent the previousz week. The adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) share of activituy increased to 3 percentfrom 2.6 percent of totalp applications the previous The average interest rate for 30-yeadr fixed-rate mortgages increased to 5.25 percent from 4.
81 percent, with pointsd decreasing to 1.02 from 1.28. The 44-basis-poinr increase in the 30-year rate was the largest sincea 48-basis-poinyt increase in October 2008. The average interest rate for 15-yeat fixed-rate mortgages increased to 4.8 percent from 4.44 percent, with pointes decreasing to 1.1 from The average interest ratefor one-yeatr ARMs increased to 6.61 percent from 6.55 percent, with points increasing to 0.15 from 0.12 (including the origination fee) for 80 percent loan-to-value loans.
Monday, December 5, 2011
3Com withdraws federal application for buyout, merger - Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal:
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Marlborough, Mass.-based 3Com (Nasdaq: COMS) had approved the merger in Septembee that the company woud be acquired by afilliatea of Bain Capitalfor $2.2 billionb in cash. The merger would have given , a Chinesee technology company, a minority stake in the company. The threde firms had voluntarily filed with the Committede on Foreign Investment in the Unites States toget approval, but talks stalled over the potential influencew of Huawei's on the company.
"We are very disappointed that we were unabl to reach a mitigation agreement with CFIUw forthis transaction," said Edgar Masri, president and CEO of "While we work closely with Bain Capita l Partners and Huawei to construct alternatives that woulc address CFIUS' concerns, we will continue to execute our strateg y to build a global networking leader."
Marlborough, Mass.-based 3Com (Nasdaq: COMS) had approved the merger in Septembee that the company woud be acquired by afilliatea of Bain Capitalfor $2.2 billionb in cash. The merger would have given , a Chinesee technology company, a minority stake in the company. The threde firms had voluntarily filed with the Committede on Foreign Investment in the Unites States toget approval, but talks stalled over the potential influencew of Huawei's on the company.
"We are very disappointed that we were unabl to reach a mitigation agreement with CFIUw forthis transaction," said Edgar Masri, president and CEO of "While we work closely with Bain Capita l Partners and Huawei to construct alternatives that woulc address CFIUS' concerns, we will continue to execute our strateg y to build a global networking leader."
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Private sector shed 697,000 jobs in February - Charlotte Business Journal:
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The report is compiled from actual payroll data and measurew the change in total nonfarm private employmenteach month. The reporrt said employment inthe service-providing sector fell by Employment in the goods-producing sector dropped by 338,000 and the manufacturingh industry shed 219,000 marking three full yearsz of consecutive monthly declines. “The employment losses are spread throughout the economy in all sectors in all sizezof companies,” said Joel Prakken, chairman of Macroeconomic Adviseres LLC, which developed the report.
He points out that the grossw domesticproduct (GDP) was declining faster than 6 percenr in the fourth quarter, and his forecasy suggests that the GDP will contractr in the first quarter almostt that fast. “Since employment trails GDP byseveral months, it tells me througn the months of wintetr and spring we are likely to see monthly declines in employment,” he Large businesses, or those with 500 or more workers, saw employmenf decline 121,000, while medium-size businesses with between 50 and 499 workerw declined 314,000. Employment among small-size businesses, with fewer than 50 declined 262,000.
In February, construction employment dropperd 114,000, which brings the total decliner in construction jobs since the peak in Januaryh 2007 to more than1 million. Prakkeb says signs of stability from the stimulus package will not be seen untill the end of the and he predicts the national unemploymentg rate could reach 9 percentby mid-2010.
The report is compiled from actual payroll data and measurew the change in total nonfarm private employmenteach month. The reporrt said employment inthe service-providing sector fell by Employment in the goods-producing sector dropped by 338,000 and the manufacturingh industry shed 219,000 marking three full yearsz of consecutive monthly declines. “The employment losses are spread throughout the economy in all sectors in all sizezof companies,” said Joel Prakken, chairman of Macroeconomic Adviseres LLC, which developed the report.
He points out that the grossw domesticproduct (GDP) was declining faster than 6 percenr in the fourth quarter, and his forecasy suggests that the GDP will contractr in the first quarter almostt that fast. “Since employment trails GDP byseveral months, it tells me througn the months of wintetr and spring we are likely to see monthly declines in employment,” he Large businesses, or those with 500 or more workers, saw employmenf decline 121,000, while medium-size businesses with between 50 and 499 workerw declined 314,000. Employment among small-size businesses, with fewer than 50 declined 262,000.
In February, construction employment dropperd 114,000, which brings the total decliner in construction jobs since the peak in Januaryh 2007 to more than1 million. Prakkeb says signs of stability from the stimulus package will not be seen untill the end of the and he predicts the national unemploymentg rate could reach 9 percentby mid-2010.
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Compass Airlines cuts ribbon on Louisville maintenance facility - Charlotte Business Journal:
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The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenance facility in January but held off on the ribbobn cutting until key personnelwere hired, and they “gotf a little airplane grease undert their nails,” Compass president Tim Campbell said during a news conference. 70 employees maintain the airline’s fleet of 36 Embraer 175 76-seat jets. Compass, whicnh was founded in 2006 as a subsidiarg of NorthwestAirlines Inc., was acquired by Deltz as part of the Atlanta-based carrier’s merger with Northwesyt in October 2008. The jets previouslh had been serviced bya third-party aircraftf maintenance company, Campbell said.
Compass’ Louisville International Airport located at 5101Crittenden Drive, consists of 42,720 squar feet of aircraft hangar space, 11,416 square feet of shop and storage space, an 80,601-square-footg concrete apron and 33,480 squares feet of parking and roadways. At the news Chantilly, Va.-based Compass showed off its first jet painted in theDeltaa colors. The rest of its fleet will be converted from Northwesg Airlines colors over thenext year, Campbell At the news conference, Kentuckgy Gov. Steve Beshear said the Compass includingits $3 million annual payroll, “is a tremendous economic achievement in the midst of some prett tough economic times.
” In Augustr 2007, the board granted the airline preliminarh approval for $2 million in state tax incentivez for up to 10
The subsidiary opened the three-bay maintenance facility in January but held off on the ribbobn cutting until key personnelwere hired, and they “gotf a little airplane grease undert their nails,” Compass president Tim Campbell said during a news conference. 70 employees maintain the airline’s fleet of 36 Embraer 175 76-seat jets. Compass, whicnh was founded in 2006 as a subsidiarg of NorthwestAirlines Inc., was acquired by Deltz as part of the Atlanta-based carrier’s merger with Northwesyt in October 2008. The jets previouslh had been serviced bya third-party aircraftf maintenance company, Campbell said.
Compass’ Louisville International Airport located at 5101Crittenden Drive, consists of 42,720 squar feet of aircraft hangar space, 11,416 square feet of shop and storage space, an 80,601-square-footg concrete apron and 33,480 squares feet of parking and roadways. At the news Chantilly, Va.-based Compass showed off its first jet painted in theDeltaa colors. The rest of its fleet will be converted from Northwesg Airlines colors over thenext year, Campbell At the news conference, Kentuckgy Gov. Steve Beshear said the Compass includingits $3 million annual payroll, “is a tremendous economic achievement in the midst of some prett tough economic times.
” In Augustr 2007, the board granted the airline preliminarh approval for $2 million in state tax incentivez for up to 10
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